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PIGEONHOLE

10 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 20 pts

PIGEONHOLE is a valid 10-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 20 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

PIGEONHOLES-s 11 PIGEONHOLING 11 PIGEONHOLED-d 11

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Other words sharing these letters — a good chance they hide on the same Boggle board.

PIGEONHOLER 11 PIGEONHOLERS 11
noun
  1. One of an array of open compartments for housing pigeons in a dovecote or pigeon loft.
  2. archaicA hole or opening in a door or wall for a pigeon to pass through.
  3. broadlyOne of an array of open compartments in a desk, set of shelves, etc., used for sorting or storing letters, papers, or other items.
  4. broadlyOne of an array of open compartments for receiving mail and other messages at a college, office, etc.
    • Fred was disappointed to find his pigeonhole empty except for bills and a flyer offering 20% off on manicures.
  5. broadlyA compartment or cubicle in a room or other place, especially one which is (excessively) small.
  6. broadlyA small opening for looking or passing things through.
  7. archaicbroadlyAn opening in a ship for passing equipment such as an oar or rigging through.
  8. alsoattributivebroadlyhistoricalA form of stocks with openings for restraining a person's hands or feet; also, one of the openings in the device.
  9. broadlyobsoleteA seat in the top row of the gallery of a theatre.
  10. figurativelyA notional category or class into which someone or something is placed.
  11. archaicfigurativelyA space between two words that is too wide.
verb
  1. transitiveTo construct pigeonholes (noun sense 1 or 3.1) in (a place); also, to subdivide (a place) into pigeonholes.
  2. transitiveTo put (letters, papers, or other items) into pigeonholes or small compartments; also, to arrange or sort (items) by putting into pigeonholes.
  3. figurativelytransitiveTo arrange (items) for future reference or use.
  4. figurativelytransitiveTo put aside (advice, a proposal, or other matter) for future consideration instead of acting on it immediately; to shelve.
  5. figurativelytransitiveTo place (someone or something) into a notional category or class, especially in a way which makes unjustified assumptions or which is restrictive; to categorize, to classify, to label.
    • Fred was tired of being pigeonholed as a computer geek.